General noncompliance with the privacy, security, and transaction regulations result in in $100 fine per violation, up to $25,000 per violation for identical violations in a calendar year. Specific to the Privacy Rule , a $50,000 fine and imprisonment for one year for intentional disclosures.
The brief, decisive war with Spain transformed the United States into a two-ocean empire. In addition to occupying Cuba, Washington annexed Puerto Rico and Hawaii and seized control of Guam and the Philippines.
By early 1898, tensions between the United States and Spain had been mounting for months. After the U.S. battleship Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor under mysterious circumstances on February 15, 1898, U.S. military intervention in Cuba became likely.